A few  words  from  the  President  concerning 
the  erection  of  Carnegie  Hall, 
Morgan  College. 


Woodland  Path 


MORQAN  COLLEQE 
Hillen  Road  and  Arlington  Avenue 
Qovans 

Baltimore , Md. 


Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

The  Trustees  and  Officers  of  Morgan  College 
extend  greetings  to  those  who  have  honored  it 
with  their  presence  at  the  dedicatory  exercises 
of  Carnegie  Hall,  October  21,  1920. 

A number  of  years  ago  the  late  Mr.  Andrew 
Carnegie  pledged  to  Morgan  College  the  sum  of 
$50,000  for  the  erection  of  a building  on  condition 
that  the  College  raise  $50,000  as  an  endowment. 
The  College  met  this  condition,  the  colored  people 
themselves  contributing  over  $25,000. 

This  occurred  while  the  College  was  located  at 
the  corner  of  Fulton  and  Edmondson  avenues. 
It  was  soon  realized  that  the  site  there  was  too 
small  for  the  proper  growth  of  the  College,  and 
steps  were  immediately  taken  to  secure  a site 
which  would  insure  sufficient  room  for  the  ade- 
quate expansion  of  the  College.  After  many  de- 
lays the  present  site  was  secured. 

The  acquisition  of  this  site  led  to  litigation 
through  the  lower  courts  to  the  Court  of  Appeals 
of  Maryland,  where  at  every  point  the  right  of 
the  school  to  occupy  such  property  was  affirmed. 
After  the  purchase  of  the  northern  portion, 
known  as  the  Ivy  Mill  tract,  the  southern  por- 
tion, or  Bellevue  property,  was  acquired.  In 
the  meantime  about  twenty-seven  acres  lying  to 
the  east  of  Herring  Run  was  sold  to  the  Morgan 
Park  Company,  and  it  j*  being  developed  as  a 
first-class  residential  section  for  colored  people. 

We  now  have  eighty-five  acres  of  land  and 
buildings  such  as  you  see  for  the  use  of  Morgan 
College  and  Morgan  Academy.  Carnegie  Hall  is 


now  complete  and  will  contain  the  laboratories 
and  College  recitation  rooms.  The  building  was 
designed  by  Mr.  Edward  Lippincott  Tilton,  who 
after  study  abroad  has  erected  many  college  build- 
ings and  libraries  throughout  the  country. 

The  roll  of  contractors  and  those  furnishing 
equipment  is  as  follows: 

American  Blaugas  Corporation,  gas  equipment 
for  laboratories. 

Blumenthal-Kahn  Electric  Company,  electrical  in- 
stallations. 

Centenary  Commission,  class-room  and  office  fur- 
niture. 

Dietrich  Brothers,  iron  and  steel. 

Charles  E.  Ehman  & Sons,  stone  work. 

E.  G.  Fick  & Co.,  roofing. 

John  H.  Hampshire,  plastering. 

Inner  Braced  Furniture  Company,  furniture. 
Henry  Keidel  & Co.,  hardware. 

Knickerbocker  Slate  Company,  blackboards, 
Lafayette  Mill  and  Lumber  Company,  lumber  and 
mill  work. 

James  G.  Parlett,  excavation. 

Howard  F.  Ritte,  plumbing. 

Walter  Stahl,  Jr.,  brick,  tile  and  concrete- 
Charles  A.  Worsdell,  painting. 

S.  Harry  Way,  steam  installation. 

The  carpentry  was  done  by  day’s  work. 

Mr.  Joseph  H.  Rice  in  engineering  lay-out  and 
supervising  and  Mr.  J.  C.  Burton  in  supervising 
have  rendered  excellent  service. 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Ehman  and  his  assistant,  Mr. 
Edward  Stocksdale,  have  been  closely  associated 
in  the  work. 


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While  this  work  in  Baltimore  has  been  expanding 
the  work  in  the  branch  school  at  Princess  Anne, 
Md.,  has  also  been  expanding  greatly.  Additional 
farm  land  has  been  purchased  by  the  State,  a 
splendid  dining  hall,  kitchens  and  Principal’s 
residence  have  been  erected  and  a portable  build- 
ing for  recitation  rooms  constructed.  The  entire 
plant  is  electrically  lighted. 

It  is  manifest  that  schools  of  this  kind  cannot 
be  maintained  without  great  expense  far  beyond 
that  which  the  students  are  able  to  meet.  You 
are  invited  to  consider  our  needs  and  to  become 
patrons  either  by  an  annual  gift  or  otherwise. 
We  are  endeavoring  to  secure  one  hundred  friends 
who  will  become  responsible  each  for  a hundred 
dollars  annually  for  five  years,  by  which  time  we 
hope  to  be  well  established  with  our  permanent 
improvements. 

In  securing  this  property  and  improvements  too 
much  praise  cannot  be  accorded  the  splendid  ser- 
vices of  the  Finance  Committee  and  the  Build- 
ing Committee.  These  committees  are  composed 
of  the  following  men:  Dr.  John  F.  Goucher,  Mr. 
Henry  S.  Dulaney,  Mr.  John  S.  Deale,  Mr.  George 
I.  Simms,  Dr.  M.  J.  Naylor,  Prof.  Carrington  L. 
Davis,  Hon.  Charles  H.  Evans,  Dr.  Charles  W. 
Baldwin,  Mr.  Herbert  S.  Wilson  and  Dr.  Thomas 
H.  Kiah.  The  entire  Board  of  Trustees  have 
enthusiastically  supported  the  work. 


October  21st,  1920. 


